> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jon Elson > Sent: 02 November 2016 16:24 > To: gene...@classiccmp.org; discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off- > Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Looking for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate > Controller > > On 10/31/2016 01:04 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: > > Over the years I've played around with a few old CAMAC (*) modules, by > > today's standard they pretty much have zero value, anyway that's > > another story. Recently I've been offered a CAMAC to Unibus board. A > > Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller . > > A Crate in CAMAC speak is just a chassis with a backplane. > > > > The problem with CAMAC is there is almost no information out there, > > > > Since I don't YET have a Unibus system, it more of a curiosity then > > anything. > > > > So .. anyone have the manual ? > > > > (*) - > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Automated_Measurement_and_C > ontr > > ol > > > I have a 3922 crate controller and a 3953 auxiliary crate controller at work. > I > also have manuals for the 3911 PDP-11 crate controller and 2912 LSI-11 bus > adapter and the 3953. > These have schematics in them. > > I THINK the 3912 may be an LSI-11 (QBus) controller, not Unibus. > > Jon
I just wish I could remember any of this, and I have lost contact with my colleagues who might have remembered. When I worked at NERC they were used for most everything, generally in conjunction with a PDP-11 or LSI-11. We had Media Conversion Systems that took various tapes from Scientific Data Recorders and converted them to standard paper tape or 9-track mag tape. "HASP" work stations with Card Readers, Line Printers & Tape drives. Terminal Concentrators with multiple HP26xx terminals that could connect to our Honeywell or VAX systems. Some were used as Front End Processors on the Honeywell. By the time I started most were lsi11-03 or 23 modules that fitted into the end slot on the CAMAC crate. They were generally loaded from Paper Tape or sometimes PROM boards which I think emulated Paper Tape or something stupid.... There is a manual for one of the RJE stations here:- http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/392339/ and this paper contains info on how to convert some data using a PDP11-05 based media conversion system http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/392307/1/1188056-1001.pdf I hope these are interesting Dave Wade
